Address
Form of work
SalaryOverview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Will train
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- In/on water
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Mussel sites (land/barge)
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Feed aquaculture stock
- Cull, mark or tag stock and report stock irregularities
- Clean and maintain aquaculture enclosures
- Transfer stock to tanks in trucks and pack stock in special containers
- Rake and gather marine plants
- Transport marine plants to processing plants
- Dig shellfish from shellfish beds
- Clean, sort and pack shellfish
- Assist aquaculture technicians in the operation of fish hatcheries or other aquatic farms
- Grade and weigh aquaculture stocks
Experience and specialization
Type of aquaculture operations
- Aquaculture — mussels
Type of fishing
- Mussel socking and harvesting
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Team player
